PORTSMOUTH · GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTORY
Live Gigs in Portsmouth
31 upcoming grass-roots gigs at indie venues, basement bars and community stages in Portsmouth. Browse, filter, submit your own.
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Grass-Roots Gigs in Portsmouth
Portsmouth has a busy grass-roots circuit — small-venue shows, basement bars, residencies and one-off promoter nights, and you can see what’s on in Portsmouth over the next four weeks. The directory below pulls every upcoming bill published on GigXchange for Portsmouth: dates, doors, ticket links and venue details, sorted by date.
Looking for related Portsmouth pages? Browse the Portsmouth live music hub, Portsmouth open mic nights for recurring weekly nights, the how to get gigs in Portsmouth guide, or find a band in Portsmouth. Or jump to nearby UK cities: London, Manchester and Glasgow.
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31 upcoming gigs in Portsmouth · sorted by date · page 1 of 2.
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OCT
16
Khemmis, Celestial Sanctuary, Divergent Promotions
KOLA·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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- GenreRock, Metal, Pop
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OCT
16
Willy Mason
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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OCT
17
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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OCT
21
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells Live in Concert
Fareham Live·Fareham Town, Portsmouth
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OCT
21
Sabbat
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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- GenreMetal
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OCT
22
Independent Band Night @ Kola
Kola·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
3
PO4 Live Presents: The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home Part 2
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
5
G4 Christmas 2026
Newport Minster, Newport·Newport Central, Portsmouth
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NOV
6
G4 Christmas 2026
Newport Minster, Newport·Newport Central, Portsmouth
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NOV
7
Dub Pistols + Utah Saints + Cuban Brothers + More
The Gaiety Bar South Parade Pier·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
7
Mucky Alldayer On The Pier
The Gaiety Bar South Parade Pier·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
13
The Big Indie Fest | Portsmouth
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
13
Earthtone9
KOLA·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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NOV
14
Young Knives
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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DEC
3
LYR
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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DEC
5
What the funk is disco?
Staggeringly Good Brewery·Milton, Portsmouth
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- GenreHouse, Funk
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DEC
12
The Bottom Line, Divergent Promotions, Wide Awake Club
KOLA·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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- GenreRock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock
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DEC
12
The Bottom Line, Divergent Promotions
KOLA·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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DEC
16
Massaoke
The Gaiety Southsea·Eastney and Craneswater, Portsmouth
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DEC
18
HAIL SATURN! A Night Of Punk, Drag & Comedy
Kola, Portsmouth
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JAN
21
Chopsuey, Slip-NOT, LP Tribute UK
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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JAN
28
neu waves presents The Roebucks plus supports
The Deco·St Jude, Portsmouth
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JAN
28
neu waves presents #159 The Roebucks plus supports
The Deco·St Jude, Portsmouth
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FEB
12
Remember Monday
Wedgewood Rooms·Central Southsea, Portsmouth
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Portsmouth Gig Directory FAQs
Common questions about grass-roots gigs in Portsmouth, answered with live data.
The What’s On in Portsmouth page narrows this directory to the next four weeks — 3 of them are in the next 7 days — with the same date, entry and ticket filters, plus the Portsmouth venues and open mic nights alongside. This page stays the evergreen listing of all 31 upcoming gigs.
31 upcoming gigs listed for Portsmouth. 3 are this week. Sorted by date — earliest first.
None of the listed Portsmouth gigs have free entry. Most are pay-on-the-door or pre-sold tickets.
A UK gig at an independent venue — typically capped under 600 capacity — by an artist who isn't on a major-label arena tour. In: pubs, basement bars, indie clubs, community halls, arts centres, and small folk / jazz / punk festivals. Out: arenas, stadiums, the O2 chain, Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, the Barbican, premium dining-cabaret rooms (Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Boisdale), and mega-festival sites (Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury, BST Hyde Park). Major-artist 'World Tour' / 'Arena Tour' / 'Greatest Hits' shows are also excluded — this directory is for the early-career bands, local promoter nights and Tuesday-evening residencies the bigger aggregators tend to miss.
Promoters, venues and artists can submit gigs free via the submission form. Submissions are reviewed and verified within 48 hours before going live.
For recurring weekly slots, see the Portsmouth open mic directory. For the wider live-music scene, the Portsmouth live music hub. For artist booking advice, how to get gigs in Portsmouth. Venue looking for a band? find a band in Portsmouth shows available acts. Or browse the main UK gig directory.
Listings are compiled from public ticketing-platform APIs and direct submissions by promoters, venues and artists. Each listing carries a verification badge — verified means we've confirmed it independently; unverified means we sourced it from a publicly published event. For UK grassroots-venue context see the Music Venue Trust (industry body), PRS for Music (UK licensing) and Help Musicians UK (independent musicians' charity).
Beyond city pages, browse the UK open mic directory for recurring weekly nights, the UK city hub index for every covered city, the genre directory, the booking guides, or the GX Index for live UK gig rates and percentiles.
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